Let the ESRB know how you feel

Since the online petition thing doesn't seem to work, how about taking the fight right to them. File a complaint with the ESRB. Manhunt 2 is the first, but it won't be the last game to be banned by people who seem to forget that the average gamer is 30 years old, and should have the right to purchase whatever they like. Let your voice be heard.

http://www.esrb.org/about/contact.jsp

Its not the ESRB, they got Rockstar for dancing too close to the flame too often. And now the consoles wont release it, but that is because retailers wont carry it. So it all starts there with the retailers because if they would sell it, consoles would allow it, and it wouldnt matter if it was rated AO or not.Sepewrath

It's the retailers and the gaming companies who won't support AO. The game's content definitely seems like it was appropriately rated.

I'm with the freedom of expression. But blame Rockstar not the ESRB. They made the game too much violent to be put on consoles. The ESRB made its job.

If GTA 4 was rated AO since I think you're going to buy it, I think you'll be going so crazy.

[QUOTE="Sepewrath"]Its not the ESRB, they got Rockstar for dancing too close to the flame too often. And now the consoles wont release it, but that is because retailers wont carry it. So it all starts there with the retailers because if they would sell it, consoles would allow it, and it wouldnt matter if it was rated AO or not.JayPee89

Most places that have had hands on, says that the rating is deserving. Retailers know that they will take heat for carrying this game, so they cop out. Since the game probaly wouldnt sell through the roof anyway, they avoid the trouble that it would cause by carrying it.

[QUOTE="JayPee89"][QUOTE="Sepewrath"]Its not the ESRB, they got Rockstar for dancing too close to the flame too often. And now the consoles wont release it, but that is because retailers wont carry it. So it all starts there with the retailers because if they would sell it, consoles would allow it, and it wouldnt matter if it was rated AO or not.Sepewrath

Most places that have had hands on, says that the rating is deserving. Retailers know that they will take heat for carrying this game, so they cop out. Since the game probaly wouldnt sell through the roof anyway, they avoid the trouble that it would cause by carrying it.

If there were a huge demand for AO rated games, retailers would take notice, and some of them would probably start selling them. Videogames with enough violence or pornography to get rated AO are probably a small niche.

I don't really know how you could get back at the ESRB. I suppose you could boycott publishers that won't make AO rated games, but I don't see how that would affect them. I don't see companies ditching the current rating system, because they need it so that they can police themselves and keep the government from interferring with them.

This never would have happend if we had democratic president!!! :Pnimblemiix

I cant remember if it was here or IGN who said that it was deserving of the rating, I'm pretty sure it was IGN. Just go look at the latest story on the game. But this is what happens when you make an enemy of the ESRB, whether it was actually deserving of the rating or not. The ESRB wont budge because of who made the game.Sepewrath

[QUOTE="nimblemiix"]This never would have happend if we had democratic president!!! :Paransom

Liberal morals....

I was just BSing btw... no harm intended...